S2E11: Leah & Tanja Lau/ Founder Product Academy & Angel Investor

On burnout, lifehacks to run OKRs in your family and other realities of an amazing solopreneur

Season 2 of the ProducTea! Tanja is the founder of Product Academy, a Mom, an Angel Investor, and someone that wrestled control over her calendar through years of experience, burnout, and other incredible lifehacks.

Her family runs on OKRs and we both dive deep into how our understanding of behavior is driving everything.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Tanja’s introduction

08:20 Saying no to people, being intentional about your time

10:12 Burnout

13:46 OKR planning for your family and yourself

17:50 Incentivization is the main predictor of how a company is run

19:32 Tanja’s most influential source of wisdom - Entrepreneurship

22:10 Putting people before companies and when to make the decision to leave

25:09 Unmeasured “product sense” is bullshit

31:00 Unschooling, we prepare our kids wrong for life

37:00 Leadership and strategic thinking

42:45 Being disciplined and vulnerable at the same time

45:30 Learning how to give good feedback

Show notes

Product Academy: https://www.productacademy.ch/

Leah’s product-led growth Cohort: https://maven.com/leah-tharin/productledgrowth

Connect!

Tanja’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanjalau/
Connect with Leah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahtharin/